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usgs_staff_profile:

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   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:35:45.240091'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/randall-bayless
 profile:
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   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: ebayless@usgs.gov
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   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Randall is a Research Hydrologist in the RGEG program and Groundwater Specialist
     for the Indiana-Kentucky Water Science Center; he has worked for the science
     center since 1989. He also is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Indiana University
     - Purdue University Indianapolis.
   name: Randall Bayless
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-0357-3635
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/oki-water
   organization_name: Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center
   personal_statement: Projects at USGS have covered a wide range of interests includingkarst
     hydrology,isotope geochemistry,Lake Michigan,horizontal flow meter technologies,pesticide
     and nutrient fate,unsaturated zone instrumentation and transport modeling,high
     pH (slag) and low pH (coal mine) settings,surface and borehole geophysics, andwetland
     hydrology.EducationAttended Wabash College, Purdue University (B.S. 1983), Indiana
     University (M.S. 1987, Ph.D. 1994).Received a B.S. from Purdue University with
     a geology major and mathematics minor.Received a M.S. from Indiana University
     with a major in hydrogeology and a minor in numerical methods. The M.S. thesis
     used numerical modeling to verify field evidence of ice-sheet surging during
     the Pleistocene epoch.Received a Ph.D. from Indiana University with a major
     in hydrogeology and a minor in geochemistry. The Ph.D. dissertation used hydraulic
     and geochemical modeling to determine that hydrated iron-sulfate minerals were
     responsible for acute acid-mine drainage events.Horizontal Borehole FlowmetersHorizontal
     borehole flowmeters may provide opportunities to measure the rate and direction
     of groundwater flow and the advective transport of dissolved and neutrally buoyant
     contaminants. Optical, acoustic, thermal, and chemical technologies are being
     evaluated. Research is directed toward defining the limits of each technology
     and the environmental and hydrologic conditions that are best suited for each
     tool. Testing has been done in field settings and laboratory aquifer simulators.
   professional_experience: []
   title: Groundwater Specialist